Baguio getting presidential freebies

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte’s “gifts” to the people of Baguio City were announced by his spokesman at the opening day of the 23rd Baguio Flower Festival or Panagbenga on Thursday.

“Nais kong iparating ang mga regalo ng ating Presidente (I’d like to present to you the gifts from the President),” said Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, Jr., who was the guest speaker in the event held at the refurbished Baguio Athletic Bowl.

On top of the list of the President’s “gifts” was the free tuition in all state universities and colleges in the country.

Roque said the President was about to sign a law on free irrigation for farmlands across the country.

Another gift, Roque said, was free medicines and medical check-up for all Filipinos under the proposed universal health care law now under deliberation at the Senate.

Roque said Cordillera farmers, who produce about 80 percent of the country’s vegetable supply, stand to benefit from the new Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law, the first package of the comprehensive tax reform program (CTRP) of the Duterte government.

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